Bender later went on to say that fundamentalism also contributed to problems with theology and created The Anabaptist Vision, a " third way " that sought to spell out the direction for the future Mennonite Church.

At the Anabaptist Council of Venice 1550, the early Italian instigators of the Radical Reformation committed to the views of Miguel Servet ( d. 1553 ), and these were promulgated by Giorgio Biandrata and others into Poland and Transylvania.

The Anabaptist tradition was largely ostracized by the other Protestant parties at the time, but has achieved a measure of affirmation in more recent history.

Among those major Protestant Christian traditions that employ congregationalism are those Congregational Churches known by the " Congregationalist " name that descended from the Anglo-American Puritan movement of the 17th century, the Baptist churches, and most of the groups brought about by the Anabaptist movement in Germany that immigrated to the U. S. in the late 18th century.

* 1525 – Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Muentzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants ' War in the Holy Roman Empire.

* Donatist, Anabaptist, and Presbyterian Confusion: Infant Baptism Among Evangelicals by Nollie Malabuyo ( Conservative Reformed Presbyterian perspective )

* April 11 – Edward Wightman, a radical Anabaptist, is the last person to be executed for heresy in England, by burning at the stake in Lichfield.

* April 5 ( Easter Sunday ) – Anabaptist Jan Matthys is killed by the Landsknechte, who lay siege to Münster on the day he predicted as The Second Coming of Christ.

* On Predestination in Answer to the Cavillations by an Anabaptist ( 1560 )

* May 15 – Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Muentzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants ' War in the Holy Roman Empire.

The Anabaptist movement also had one of its earliest homes in Wittenberg, when the Zwickau prophets moved there in late 1521, only to be suppressed by Luther when he returned from the Wartburg in spring 1522.

As classified in The Pilgrim Church by EH Broadbent, the earliest primitive churches and the Paulician Brethren, the Bogomil Brethren, the Anabaptist and the Moravian Brethren were part of the historical Brethren Movement.

Their roots are in the Radical Pietism movement but they were strongly influenced by Anabaptist theology.

These open-air sermons, mostly by Anabaptist or Mennonite preachers, spread through the country, attracting huge crowds, though not necessarily of those leaning to Protestantism, and in many places immediately preceded the iconoclastic attacks of August 1566.

The Schleitheim Confession was the most representative statement of Anabaptist principles, endorsed unanimously by a meeting of Swiss Anabaptists in 1527 in Schleitheim ( Switzerland ).

The Mennonite movement was a reform movement of Anabaptist origins begun by Swiss Brethren and soon thereafter finding greater cohesion based on the teachings of Menno Simons 1496 – 1561, and the 1632 Dordrecht Confession of Faith.

The first police action against the Anabaptists took place in June 1525, followed by the Anabaptist Disputation in Teufen in October 1529.

The first police action against the Anabaptists took place in June 1525, followed by the Anabaptist Disputation in Teufen in October 1529.

The first police action against the Anabaptists took place in June 1525, followed by the Anabaptist Disputation in Teufen in October 1529.

The founding Brethren were also in conversation with Mennonites and influenced by Anabaptist writings.

* Old Order Amish Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online article by John A. Hostetler

Even though it is no longer owned by the Brethren in Christ Church, Messiah continues to be influenced by its traditions primarily in the Anabaptist, but also the Pietist and Wesleyan holiness movements.

According to their mission statement: " The Conservative Mennonite Conference exists to glorify God by equipping leaders and congregations for worship, teaching, fellowship, service, and making disciples by providing resources and conference structures with an evangelical, Anabaptist, and conservative theological orientation.

Perhaps the most elaborate and substantial of these is Franz Liszt's monumental ' Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale Ad nos ad salutarem undam ', S. 259 ( 1852 ), for organ or pédalier, based on the chorale of the Anabaptist priests in Le prophète and dedicated to Meyerbeer.

The EMC is also linked to the graduate-level Winnipeg Centre for Ministry Studies in conjunction with Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Man., and MBBS and AMBS ( WCMS's two overseeing Anabaptist seminaries whose headquarters are in the U. S .).

* Anabaptist Baptism: A Representative Study, by Rollin S. Armour ; ISBN 1-57910-158-5

Narrative of the Anabaptist Madness: The Overthrow of Münster, the Famous Metropolis of Westphalia ( Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ; 132 ), translated with introduction and notes by Christopher S. Mackay.

But Michael Sept had unmasked him, revealing he had never been a bishop, but was an Anabaptist, afraid to state his faith, because he knew John Calvin had written a book against their belief that the soul slept after death.

The name Anabaptist is derived from the Greek term anabaptista, or " one who baptizes over again.

The early members of this movement abhorred the name " Anabaptist ", claiming that since infant baptism was unscriptural and null and void, the baptizing of believers was not a " re-baptism " but in fact the first baptism for them.

Petr Chelčický, a 15th century Bohemian reformer, taught most of the beliefs considered integral to Anabaptist theology.

* What is an Anabaptist Christian ?, 2nd ed., Palmer Becker, Missio Dei no.

His body was exhumed and burnt at the stake in 1559 after it was discovered that he was the Anabaptist David Joris.

It is granted, with few exceptions ( namely in some Anabaptist churches ), that God has given the government of the Church into the hands of an ordained ministry.

As the popular response to Luther gathered momentum, the social disorders, which Erasmus dreaded and Luther disassociated himself from, began to appear, including the German Peasants ' War, the Anabaptist disturbances in Germany and in the Low Countries, iconoclasm and the radicalization of peasants across Europe.

Some Christians believe insurance represents a lack of faith and there is a long history of resistance to commercial insurance in Anabaptist communities ( Mennonites, Amish, Hutterites, Brethren in Christ ) but many participate in community-based self-insurance programs that spread risk within their communities.

* 1535 – The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.

They deny that they in fact rebaptize, saying that Christians are to be baptized only once, but as believers, and they reject the term " Anabaptist " ( i. e. Rebaptizer ) as a description of them.

In the Radical Reformation and Anabaptist movements of the 16th century this resurfaced with Sozzini's uncle, Lelio Sozzini.

* June 24 – Münster Rebellion: The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.

** Menno Simons, Anabaptist religious leader and Mennonite founder ( b. 1496 )